necessary.html - See: MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY, OF NECESSITY.

necessary.html - n. & adj.
= NECESSITARIAN.

necessarianism n.

necessary.html - adv.
as a necessary result; inevitably.

necessary.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 requiring to be done, achieved, etc.; requisite, essential (it is necessary to work; lacks the necessary documents).
2 determined, existing, or happening by natural laws, predestination, etc., not by free will; inevitable (a necessary evil).
3 Philos. (of a concept or a mental process) inevitably resulting from or produced by the nature of things etc., so that the contrary is impossible.
4 Philos. (of an agent) having no independent volition.

--n.

(pl. -ies) (usu. in pl.) any of the basic requirements of life, such as food, warmth, etc.

the necessary colloq.
1 money.
2 an action, item, etc., needed for a purpose (they will do the necessary). [ME f. OF necessaire f. L necessarius f. necesse needful]

necessary.html - n. & adj.
Philos. --n.

a person who holds that all action is predetermined and free will is impossible.

--adj.

of or concerning such a person or theory (opp. LIBERTARIAN).

necessitarianism n.

necessary.html - v.tr.
1 make necessary (esp. as a result) (will necessitate some sacrifice).
2 US (usu. foll. by to + infin.) force or compel (a person) to do something. [med.L necessitare compel (as NECESSITY)]